Passage from G.K. Chesterton's “A Piece of Chalk” about objects carried in a pocket. Based only on the passage, which statement is true?
Options:
(A) The author carries a mirror in his pocket to reflect upon things.
(B) The author had decided to write a poem on epics.
(C) The pocket-knife is described as the infant of the sword.
(D) Epics are described as too inconvenient to write.
Official Answer Key:
C
Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation
The passage explicitly states “the pocket-knife, for instance the type of all human tools, the infant of the sword.” The author planned to write about pocket contents (not a mirror), abandoned the idea because it would be “too long” (not because epics are “inconvenient”), and states “the age of the great epics is past” — he never intended to write an epic poem.
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